Initial Video Games Research

What is the global video industry worth?

$65 billion

What is it the value of the British video game industry?

£3.6 billion

31 million games in the UK

UK games played 43,000,000 hours a day

How many homes have games consoles?

8 out of 10 homes.

What is the most popular games console?

PS2 – 153.5 million

What are the current sales percentages for each 7^th generation console?

Wii- 89.36M

Xbox360- 57.6M

PS3- 55.5M

Find statistics on the relationship between gender and consoles?

Female- 40%

Wii-80%

Xbox360-11%

PS3-9%

Male-60%

What are the top 5 most successful games?

Wii sports 41m

Super Mario Bros. 40m

Pokemon 32m

Tetris 31m

Duck Hunt 28m